are you a fellow depressed Omega Race owner?

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Sound off if you have an Omega Race currently limping or dead, like mine. Owning an OR can be a very trying time in one's life LOL.

When I power up my game, I can see the spot killer coming on. I can't see neck glow because of the metal panel underneath of the monitor neck. My issue is, as with many, the damned PCB boards. I want so badly to revive this game, but my most recent failures with my Ms Pac #2 and Monaco GP are leaving me with a "failure at the cave" status (ESB reference).

I just wanted to see how many other klovers share my OR pain.
 
Sound off if you have an Omega Race currently limping or dead, like mine. Owning an OR can be a very trying time in one's life LOL.

When I power up my game, I can see the spot killer coming on. I can't see neck glow because of the metal panel underneath of the monitor neck. My issue is, as with many, the damned PCB boards. I want so badly to revive this game, but my most recent failures with my Ms Pac #2 and Monaco GP are leaving me with a "failure at the cave" status (ESB reference).

I just wanted to see how many other klovers share my OR pain.

I feel your pain buddy, i have a mint Omega Race cabinet but the boards are done! I'll keep searching and one day hope to get it going. My games that are currently down in my Arcade are Q*Bert, & Zaxxon, also having some trouble with my Battlezone and Popeye. Should have the Popeye and Battlezone running perfect again after this weekend.

Good luck in your search,
 
Don't own one but I just fixed a board set for a guy. The schematic sucks, the acid damage repair sucks. So yeah they are a pita.
 
I'm about to get one, and I'll be doing the acid repair on my own. Then I'll decide if I like it enough to keep it, or if I want to sell it or trade it for something else...
 
I have one here as well. Spent about 10 hrs cleaning up acid damage and replacing chips. Worked great for 2 weeks and now I'm getting vector errors but the game plays blind. So another dead board is on its way and I'll try to get that one working or use the parts to fix this one.
 
Yup have a CT Still haven't dove into it yet. I think I have all the parts But that game PCB needs some major work before I even bother to puzzle the rest out.
 
Yeah, need a working monitor for mine and then maybe get the board looked at....but sure is a purty cab though......
 
Count me in....I have a really nice minty OR that's been on the sick list for too long. I think it's the insulators around the heat-sinked resistors in the chassis that are making the spot killer stay on (not a techie so don't quote me). Grrrrrr. Found a dude who fixes ORs but haven't made time to pull out the monitor and chassis and take it to him yet. Need a kick in the ass. Once I get it fixed, I'll share his info (not a klov'r), if he doesn't mind.
 
I've had a defunct Omega Race sitting in the arcade for a year now.. And finally got a working board from Hatrick!! Sooooooo nice to be able to play the game again after seeing the cabinet sit in the corner dark all that time.
 
I remember years ago, there was talk of someone developing a new boardset for Omega Race. Anyone remember who it was and what happened with the project?
 
Count me in!

I picked up this beast for free. It's pretty much an empty shell. I'm working on getting it to look nice currently, but I've run into a lot of problems.

 
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I remember years ago, there was talk of someone developing a new boardset for Omega Race. Anyone remember who it was and what happened with the project?

i wrote the guy this week to see what happened but haven't heard back yet-
 
I'd love to see one of these games working.

I've never even seen one -- period.
 
I had one and never had it working :(

While it never was operational, it was freaking GORGEOUS to look at.

Ah, classic art....<sigh>

Oh, and since people are all "pics or it never happened" I found this......

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Chris
 
I saw mine on CL and didn't recognize the name of the game at all, or know anything about it. But there was a pic... The rest is History. :D
 
I'd love to see one of these games working.

I've never even seen one -- period.

There was one at Super Auctions on the 2nd.It looked about the same if not slightly better than the cab Hyde posted.Btw,very nice cab Hyde!
Even if it's a shell,free is free!
 
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